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Show nlze these features on the next day's hike. They began their trip from the Holt townsite on Uu Old Spanish Trail. The students walked the trail 12 miles to their bnse camp at Kane Springs. That evening they wore treated to an old fash-J fash-J loned dutch oven chicken, po- Educator teaches history where it occurs ) tntoes and sour dough biscuit meal, prepared by Morris Dan-' Dan-' nelly. The next day they walk- ed from the Mountain Meadow Monument following to the Moody crossing. The following day the group made a reconnaissance recon-naissance of the lower Santa Clara River between Veyo and Gun lock. One of the students was able to locate rock formations forma-tions described in the diaries. Several students discovered writings dating back to 1857 on the walls of sandstone caves. The final day was spent visiting vis-iting with the well-known author on Utah History, Juan-lta Juan-lta Brooks. She presented to each student one of her autographed auto-graphed books. Mr. Berens should be congratulated con-gratulated for his unique approach ap-proach to teaching history. The entire trip was planned and documented in every detail. de-tail. The students left with a greater understanding of the hardships our pioneers endured endur-ed and what they accomplished accomp-lished in their trek west. Ranger Birkemeyer was highly complementary of the student's conduct and camp cleanliness. He encourages similar groups to take advantage advan-tage of the outstanding oppor. tunities in our area to study Utah history In the field. The Forest Service reports ten members of the Walker Jr. High School, Anaheim, Calif, recently made n unique study of the Old Spanish Trail. Their instructor, Mr. Todd I. Berens and his wife, supervised the group. Preparation for tills trip began be-gan in the summer of IOCS, when tin? Boron's took three students to Salt Lake City to research the history of the Old Spanish Trail at the Utah State Historical Society. At - m ' p f i" m mwmmm - fcisrN, Vri VI -V- 1 RAfXtR STATIC f- : , .ru : erCY0 1m ,iv ' .AMWWMkMkK . ""vl., mim iiiiii i i i mm that time A!r. Berens made arrangements ar-rangements for tlio trip with Chuck Birkemeyer, District Ranger, at Knterpri.se, Utah. The students were choosen , by their academic performance perform-ance In class and on previous expeditions. Kach student was trained in outdoor camping to ensure the expedition would run smoothly. The first day was spent at the Enterprise Ranger Station studying maps and aerial photos. The following day the sludents were assigned diaries of people who had traveled the route during the ISOO's. The entire day was spent studying stud-ying geographical point.s mentioned men-tioned in the diaries and i-dentifying i-dentifying them on maps. This enabled the students to recog- STUDY ON FOREST. Students of Walker Jr. High School of Anaheim, Calif., surrouund Ranger Station sign in brief reprieve from interesting studies on forest. |